As we gear up to celebrate the season in which heaven
sent its King to earth we recently ended our service
with an invitation taken from the story of King Jesus
healing blind Bartimaeus in Mark 10:48-52, “Then
many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the
more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” So Jesus stood
still and commanded him to be called. Then they called
the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise,
He is calling you.” And throwing aside his garment, he
rose and came to Jesus.So
Jesus answered and said to him,“What
do you want Me to do for you?”The
blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my
sight.”Then
Jesus said to him,“Go
your way; your faith has made you well.”And
immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on
the road.

When Jesus called for him scripture say many in the
crowd tried to shut him up, but he knew who Jesus was,
rose up, and cast off his beggars garment.

The question I asked, do
we really know Who Jesus is, and is it time for us to
rise up and cast off some garments of our past: Blind
Bart cast off his old identity/beggar, before Jesus had
done anything miraculous, that took a tremendous act of
faith. He truly believed he’d never need that beggars
garment again, what garments from our old identities do
we need to cast off? No more fear, worry, depression,
un-forgivness, bitterness, revenge. How about unbelief
garments, and let’s really trust God with our lives,
futures, destinies. How about some old mind sets,
traditions, stronghold belief systems, Jesus called them
old wine skins!

Jesus told the former blind man, it’s your ability to
see, in faith, that made you whole/complete. To many
people think seeing is believing, but blind Bart knew
believing is seeing.

I invited our folks to
write down any old identities on rice paper and come
forward and watch them dissolve in the water, as we
watched them disappear,
we then received the truth that Jesus says in2
Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore,
if anyoneisin
Christ,he
isa
new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all
things have become new”. The entire body came forward
and such freedom was released and new life received!
Praise God!!!

Had a great time at our
first Fall Bon fire. Roasted marshmallows, hot
dogs, and shared
awesome God stories around the campfire building family!
Some of our folks had never done this, it’s been a long
time since I had! Great/relaxing fun!

Also not pictured are Amanda
Simmons & Brennen Kiser January 9th,
2016

Christmas Celebration / Dinner

December 13th, 2015

Pastors Steve & Stacy Eden Will Be Special Guest

Steve is one of the favorite speakers at Duane Sheriff
Jubilee and RAM conferences. He Pastor’s grace church in
Choctaw, OK. His messages can be listened to by going
to gracechurch.community

Steve and Stacy have hearts for hurting people, have our
DNA, and spend much quality time along with Jesus
mediating and receiving such amazing simple revelation
that brings Gods words alive in our hearts. God has
called us to animate His word in and through our lives.
God uses Brother Steve in a very simple way to do that.

You’ll be tremendously
blessed by both Pastor Steve and Pastor Stacy. Invite
friends and family and help us spread the word that they
will be special guest to teach two kingdom services as
we celebrate the season of earth receiving it's King!

Recognizing Our Team

We honored some of our
team Sunday morning for their dedication to God's
kingdom and for their servant hearts to our church body.
Debbie and I are honored to serve with such committed
spirits. From left are Kenneth Ashley, Joseph McKinney,
Heather Phillips, Franky Bryant, Darlene McKinney, and
Johnny McKinney. Thanks guys for your love and loyalty!
The kids hanging on Joey are Gideon
and Genesis Williams, the son and daughter
of Joseph and Anita Williams

The video will sometime start
several minutes into to video so be sure to start at
the beginning and watch all the video to get the full
impact. It’s approximately 30 minutes long and several
seconds delay between songs.

It’s amazing the work God
has done in 5 years through this church. We are forever
thankful for our kingdom partners who do so much to
support this work. Without you this simply would not
be..period! Thank you so very much for all the prayers,
encouragements, financial support, and the many other
ways you partner with us. God's kingdom is
invading the darkness and bringing restoration
to many lives and families!

A Thankful Heart

In closing I’d like to share some personal thoughts
especially considering the season we are entering. Words
can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our
attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more
convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens
to us and 90 percent how we respond to it. I believe the
single most significant decision I can make on a
day-to-day basis is my choice of a thankful attitude. It
is more important than my past, my education, my
bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what
other people think of me or say about me, my
circumstances, or my position. Our attitude keeps us
going or cripples our progress. It alone fuels our fire
or assaults our hope. When our attitudes are right, it
creates a thankful and grateful heart, then there's no
barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too
extreme, no challenge too great for us!!!

This scripture inDeuteronomy
28:47-48 has always arrested my heart. “Because
you did not servetheLordyour
God joyfully and gladlyin
the time of prosperity, therefore
in hunger and thirst,in
nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemy of
theLord.
He will put an iron yokeon
your neckuntil
he has destroyed you.”

This Thanksgiving join me in doing a thorough
attitude check and see if our attitudes need some
adjusting!

The Message bibles says it this way, “A
cheerful disposition (attitude) is good for your health;gloom
and doom leave you bone-tired.

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